List all funding you have invested into your own company or raised from outside sources.

$

Funding Type:

Select all that apply

Founders

Friends and Family

Equity (VC or Angel)

Crowd - Funding

Debt

Current stage of business and product *

Select all that apply

Idea Only

Founding team recruited

Prototype/demo ready

Product Complete

Selling Currently

Give a brief description of your founding team or senior management; include yourself and all other key founders. *

Have you applied for or are you currently in any incubator or accelerator? Which one(s)?

Give a brief description of your company. *

Describe the scope or nature of the business of your company in high level and general terms.

Give a brief description of your product. *

Include your core technologies

What is the problem your product or service addresses? *

Describe how your product/service or company solves the key problem you are addressing. *

How is your product or technology protected from competitors?

Do you have patents? Other intellectual property that you are protecting?

Patent

Trade Mark

Other

What are your target markets/customers? *

Include the size of the intended market

Have you had contact with potential customers? Signed contracts? Revenue? *

Describe the level of interaction you have had with customers.

Who are your competitors and how do you differentiate yourself? *

If your product is a paradigm shift, describe how your target customer currently addresses the same need and
how your product is more competitive and attractive?

How do you plan to make money? *

What is your sales and channel strategy? *

Include how you plan to sell your product or service: direct sales, distribution, OEM, or other channel partners

ADVISORY NEEDS

PLEASE PRIORITIZE YOUR TOP FOUR AREAS OF ADVISORY NEED

1st Priority Advisory Need *

2nd Priority Advisory Need *

3rd Priority Advisory Need *

4th Priority Advisory Need *

Tell us why your company should be accepted into Tech Futures Group? *

We provide advisory services at no cost and take no equity. Our only goal is to help our clients grow but we can work with a limited number of companies at any one time. Please tell us why your company should be accepted into Tech Futures Group.

Thank you for submitting your application to Tech Futures Group. We are excited to learn more about your technology company.

Here’s our process:

We will review your application within ten days. If we need further information or would like to learn more detail about your company, technology, or business strategy we will invite you to come in and tell us more.

If we see potential in your application and believe we can help, we will forward your application to one of our entrepreneurs in residence (EIR) for a final decision. We will let you know when your application has been forwarded to the EIR. If our EIR has further questions before making a final acceptance decision, they will contact you.

After your application is reviewed by the EIR, we will notify you of our decision and next steps.

The Application Process:

Tech Futures Group (TFG) is a Small Business Development Center (SBDC) program focusing exclusively on advising qualified technology clients located in the NorCal SBDC network coverage area. Funding from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and others allows TFG to pay its advisors and provide free services to its clients.